Skip to Main Content
The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

(Photo illustration/Anthony Vazquez)

Coffee fuels the night (and day)

March 19, 2017

By Mikhayla Hughes-Shaw  [email protected] College students and coffee — they go hand-in-hand. Though sometimes, it’s hand-to-hand combat. During a long night of studying, many...

DI staffers return from the Beltway

DI staffers return from the Beltway

March 19, 2017

Every year since its inception, The Daily Iowan Ethics and Politics Initiative team has taken a trip to Washington, D.C., to interview Iowa’s congressional delegation. Last week, over the University...

Grassley, Ernst: Iowa trade to be protected in NAFTA renegotiation

Grassley, Ernst: Iowa trade to be protected in NAFTA renegotiation

March 14, 2017

By Maria Curi [email protected] WASHINGTON – Several hours before participating in a Senate Finance Committee hearing on March 14 to consider the nomination of Robert Lighthizer to be the U.S....

Iowa outfielder Robert Neustrom makes contact at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. The Hawkeyes bats came alive in their 12-3 defeat over the Huskies. (The Daily Iowan/ Alex Kroeze)

Baseball up for Florida trip

March 10, 2017

By Pete Ruden [email protected] Just like LeBron James a few years ago, the Iowa baseball team will take its talents to South Florida this weekend, where it will compete in the Snowbird Baseball...

Iowa guard Jordan Bohannon is interviewed after the game  against Indiana on March 9, 2017 in the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. during the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. Bohannon is the only freshman in the country with over 70 three-pointer and 140 assists. Indiana defeated Iowa, 95-73. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing)

Iowa thuds again in tourney

March 10, 2017

By ADAM HENSLEY | [email protected] Indiana (18-14) rode a blistering hot shooting performance in route to a 95-73 win over Iowa (18-14) on Thursday, handing the Hawkeyes their fourth-straight...

Academics mull tight budgets

Academics mull tight budgets

Marissa Payne, [email protected] March 10, 2017

The funding problems universities across the nation face may be solved by going “back to investing in the future.” University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld made the case for investing in higher...

Voters wait in line outside of the Johnson County Administrative Building on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016 in Iowa City. Monday was the last day of early voting before Tuesday's General Election for the 2016 presidential nomination. (File Photo/The Daily Iowan)

Iowans back voter ID

March 10, 2017

By Kit Fitzgerald  [email protected] In a poll conducted by the Des Moines Register, 69 percent of respondents reported being in favor of Iowan Secretary of State Paul Pate’s voter-ID...

UI moves against wasting away

UI moves against wasting away

March 9, 2017

By Charles Peckman [email protected] Hidden behind the conveyor belts of Hillcrest Marketplace lies the dish room, where food waste is processed. On Wednesday, waste became front and center,...

Locals rally to protect minimum wage

Locals rally to protect minimum wage

March 9, 2017

By Naomi Hofferber | [email protected] Iowa City activists met on the Pedestrian Mall on Wednesday, International Women’s Day, to discuss issues of worker rights in response to House File...

Baseball gels with newbies

Baseball gels with newbies

March 9, 2017

By Pete Ruden [email protected] With so many newcomers joining the Iowa baseball team in the off-season, no one was sure how the team would mesh. Now, more than 10 games in, it’s becoming clearer...

Hawkeyes zero in on Indiana

Hawkeyes zero in on Indiana

March 9, 2017

By Adam Hensley | [email protected] 2013 doesn’t seem like that long ago, but to Hawkeye basketball fans, it seems like quite some time has passed since then; that’s the last time Iowa won in...

Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery shouts a play from the sideline during the game against the Villanova Wildcats in the Barclays Center on Sunday, March 20, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. The Wildcats defeated the Hawkeyes, 87-68. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing)

Hawkeyes want roll to continue

March 8, 2017

By Blake Dowson [email protected] No one can definitively say how many wins in the Big Ten Tournament the Iowa men’s basketball team needs to secure a spot in the NCAA Tournament in the coming...